Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from the Philippines by Class of Admission
New York City, 1982 to 2021
Type and class of admission	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	80s to 10s	00s to 10s
TOTAL	19,791	22,931	17,909	15,127	−23.6	−15.5
Family-related visas	12,438	10,413	10,597	10,117	−18.7	−4.5
Family preferences	4,601	3,477	2,877	2,380	−48.3	−17.3
First	1,026	267	285	324	−68.4	13.7
Second	2,012	1,505	1,264	1,308	−35.0	3.5
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	525	688	530	349	−33.5	−34.2
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	1,038	1,017	798	399	−61.6	−50.0
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	7,837	6,936	7,720	7,737	−1.3	0.2
Spouses	4,089	3,290	4,074	4,445	8.7	9.1
Children	1,593	1,591	1,424	1,278	−19.8	−10.3
Parents	2,155	2,055	2,222	2,014	−6.5	−9.4
Employment preferences	4,051	10,861	7,230	4,743	17.1	−34.4
First	-	102	113	103	-	−8.9
Second	-	2,169	523	1,148	-	119.5
Third	-	8,335	6,357	3,353	-	−47.3
Skilled workers	-	7,542	5,760	3,257	-	−43.5
Needed unskilled workers	-	793	597	96	-	−83.9
Fourth	-	246	237	134	-	−43.5
Fifth	-	1	-	5	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	1,051	3	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	3,000	5	-	-	-	-
Diversity	2	15	-	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	75	13	22	-	-	-
Other	3,225	1,629	41	267	−91.7	551.2